What has the Shanti House Founder Learned about People?

Forty years ago, Mariuma Klein founded Shanti House and has since guided thousands of at-risk youth and young adults facing life-threatening situations. Throughout these years, she learned crucial lessons about the human spirit – about the choices that drive us, our capacity for change, our need for safe spaces, and our passion for life: “Meeting thousands of children who came to us has been an endless stream of lessons in love, compassion, and courage.” Here are some of them.